Anticipated to impact around 360 employees, Murray Goulburn has announced its intention to close its plants at Edith Creek, Rochester and Kiewa. [ + ]

We've known for a while that the combination of nutrients and the microbiome impact health — but now new research has taken this concept further, suggesting that microbes might also be able to control behaviour. [ + ]

Consumers are so convinced that healthy food is more expensive than cheap food that they simply do not believe that food is healthy unless it costs more. [ + ]

The OzHarvest Market, Australia's first ever 'rescued food' supermarket, has opened on the ground floor of the TOGA Addison Project in Kensington, Sydney. [ + ]

Since 2011, pallet movement data from CHEP has been used by the AFGC and CHEP as an indicator of Australian Bureau of Statistics Retail Trade Data. [ + ]

Lutosa has chosen the equipment it needs for a new frozen French fries line. [ + ]

A previously unknown gene in Macrococcus caseolyticus, a harmless bacterium naturally found on the skin of dairy cows, has been found to confer resistance to all beta-lactam antibiotics, including the last generation of cephalosporins used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). [ + ]

GS1 Australia's Supply Chain Week 2017 (SCW 2017) will give supply chain professionals and business owners the opportunity to partake in an interactive learning experience while they explore how GS1 standards can drive business efficiencies and reduce costs. [ + ]

Successful phase one human trials of ingestible capsules could revolutionise the diagnosis of gut disorders and diseases. [ + ]

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be at Interpack 2017 from 4–10 May, where it will display the Save Food Packaging Award winners for Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Dutch food and nutrition contract research organisation NIZO and UK-based Process Systems Enterprise have announced the formation of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Food Product and Process Modelling. [ + ]

A rapid chilling process has been found to help poultry processors and retailers reduce Campylobacter contamination. [ + ]

For the first time there will be an Australian pavilion at Anuga FoodTec, and you can be part of it. [ + ]

A compostable pack for an energy bar made from powdered cricket flour has won the Best Sustainable category in the World Food Innovation Awards 2017. [ + ]

Having acquired automation specialist Dematic, the KION Group is expanding its production capacity with a new plant in the Czech Republic. [ + ]